Bottle carrier



Feb, 24, 1948.

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed may 3, 194e NVE/WOR, LuaZwW/aiem ATTORNEM l.. s. BAIER i 2,436,50E 4 Patented Feb. 24, 1948 UNITED STATES OFFICE BOTTLE CARRIEFJ Ludwig S. Baier, Milwaukee, Oreg. Application May 3, 1946, Serial N o. 666,863

Claims.

struction, combinations, and arrangements of l0 parts all of which will first be described in detail and then be specifically pointed out ln the appended claims, reference being had to the ac- 'companying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is an end view of my invention in use, 15

the handle being s hown in position for shipment or storage of lled carriers, in full lines, and in carrying position in dotted and dash lines.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail horizontal section 20 on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4-is a detail plan view of a portion of one side member on the scale of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail plan View of a portion of the other side member on the scale of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of a portion of the bottom member on the scale of Fig. 3.

In the drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, I represents a corrugated sheet metal bottom having upstanding sides or ends 2 flat save for vertical grooves 3. The grooves 3 receive the ends of side members 5 and have bolt or rivet holes 4.

Each side member 5 has end portions 5B, one

of which is provided with an outwardly bent part 6, an oiset part 'l and a bent back edge 8, the part "I having a bolt or rivet hole 9. The other end portion 58L has an outwardly bent edge I0 and a bolt hole 9. The parts 6, 1 and 8 of each side member form a channel which ts within 40 the groove 3 as best shown in Fig. 3. The part I 0 of the other side member ts within the channel against the part 6 and lies over the edge of the part 8 leaving a space between the parts 5a and 'I into which the concave-convex leg I I a of 45 the handle II has a sliding fit by virtue of the slot I2 in said leg.

Suitable fasteners and slot I2. bolts. posed of an internally threaded flanged shank I3 and a cap screw I 4 threaded into the member I3.

When packed for shipment, about forty botpass through the holes 9 Such fasteners may be rivets or toms, forty handles and forty pairs of sides can 55 be packed in a box of about 886 cu. in. capacity,

As shown the fasteners are each com- Abe clear to those skilled in the art.

What I claim is:

l. A bottle carrier comprising a bottom plate with upstanding ends, said ends having vertical grooves; side plates having bent-over parts one of which bent-over parts of each side plate being vertically grooved to t into the vertical grooves of said upstanding ends, the other bent-over part of each side plate having a bent-over end edge to fit within the vertical groove of the first bentover part of the side plates and providing therewith a vertical channel; a handle member having legs projected into said channels, said legs being provided with longitudinal slots and said bentover parts of said side plates and said upstanding ends having bolt holes aligning with one another; and suitable fasteners secured through said holes.

l2. A carrier according to claim 1 wherein the handle legs are concavo-convex in cross section.

3. A carrier according to claim 1 wherein said bottom plate is corrugated longitudinally.

4. A knock-down bottle carrier comprising a bottom plate and upstanding end plates; side plates having bent over end portions, the adjacent end portions of the respective side plates overlapping one another; means for securing said overlapped end portion rigidly to said upstanding end plates; and a handle member having legs secured to said end plates by said securing means, said legs being located between said overlapped end portions.

5. A bottle-carrier according to claim 4 wherein said legs are slotted to permit said handle to be raised and lowered While secured in place.

LUDWIG S. BAIER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the iile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 114,034 Washburn Mar. 28, 1939 2,329,656 Sedgwick Sept. 14, 1943 2,395,601 Wenthe Feb. 26, 1946 2,396,003 Goldman Mar. 5, 1946 2,404,133 Ice July 16, 1946 

